No. 2 Wichita State 32-0 after beating Evansville

Wichita State's Darius Carter (12) and Evansville's Egidijus Mockevicius (55) reach for the ball in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament, Friday, March 7, 2014 in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Bill Boyce)

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cleanthony Early and Ron Baker scored 17 points apiece and No. 2 Wichita State set a Missouri Valley tournament record with 11 blocked shots, staying perfect for the season with an 80-58 romp over Evansville in the quarterfinals Friday.

D.J. Balentine had 31 points with seven 3-pointers for ninth-seeded Evansville (14-19), which lost twice by an average of 15 points to Wichita State (32-0) in the regular season.

Kadeem Coleby had six of the blocks for the Shockers, who are two victories shy of matching the NCAA record of 34 wins to start a season by UNLV in 1990-91. UNLV was perfect before losing in the NCAA semifinals to Duke that season.